[Gimp-user] Gimp installs fine but fails to start

[dexterwk <forums gimpusers com>]

Thanks. Tried both but neither worked unfortunately. I still get the "crash" as
detailed in my other post.

> The customary advice when running Gimp for the first time is
>
> Do not touch the mouse or keyboard, go have a cup of coffee or go for
> a walk until Gimp loads.
>
> If you have a Gimp profile C:\Users\your-name\.gimp-2.8 it might be
> worth deleting that and let Gimp create a new one.
>
> If it is a bad font then starting Gimp with the -f (no fonts switch)
> might prove that.
>
> In a command terminal "C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\bin\gimp-2.8.exe" -f
>
> Note the quotes because of the dumb file name spaces. see screenshot
>
> A bad font can be difficult to trace.
>
> rich : www.gimp-forum.net

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